This throw was fair; the white cow came to earth again; and before it could rise Santa had made the lasso fast around a post of the corral with a swift and simple knot, and had leaped upon the cow again with the rawhide hobbles.
{i} untanned leather, unprocessed animal hide; whip or lash made from unprocessed leather
untanned hide especially of cattle; cut in strips it is used for whips and ropes
Rawhide is leather that comes from cattle, and has not been treated or tanned. At his belt he carried a rawhide whip. leather that is in its natural state